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Need answer within 2 hours

On way home with 2 nucs . Should I hive tonight after ride or tomorrow morning or after work about 6pm. Supposed to be cold tonight. If tomorrow I assume I should open and let fly? Thanks for any quick replies.

Re: Need answer within 2 hours

All bee peeing aside; if it's at least in the mid to upper 40s when you get home, go ahead and hive. If, however, it's colder, or windy, it'd probably be best to just set the nucs where you want the full hives to sit later, let them do their thing for a couple days, then move them to the other boxes (move the boxes to where the nucs were & remove the empty nucs from the scene of the crime when you're done, or you might have confused bees clustering back in the nuc boxes, or where the nuc boxes were).

Re: Need answer within 2 hours

Agree with AmericasBeekeeper. Let 'em fly tonight from the nuc. Depending on stores and how strong the nucs are I've heard advice saying to let the bees fly for three days before hiving them. In that case I set the nuc on top of the hive it will go in.

Re: Need answer within 2 hours

I don't think so. I am a beginner bee keeper and mine had nearly a 2 hour drive. I installed them yesterday. They wasn't aggressive but was ready to fly. They were collecting pollen and returning to the hive within a few hours.